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Busoni: Fantasia Contrappuntistica
Ferruccio Busoni, Hamish Milne

Hyperion UK, 2008

2 reviews
Ludwig van Beethoven, Ferruccio Busoni, ...

Philips, 2007

Brendel At His Pensive, Lyrical Best Across The Span Of Three Decades
Personally selected by Alfred Brendel, these hitherto unreleased recordings span approximately three decades of his career as a concert and recording artist. With the sole exception of the very first piece on Disk Two, which was recorded at the BBC's London studios, all of these recordings were made in the period from the late 1980s to early 2000 in concert halls, primarily London's Royal ...

Busoni: Piano Concerto

8 reviews
Ferruccio Busoni, Garrick Ohlsson, ...

Telarc, 2002

Great listening
The Busoni concerto should be known, in my opinion, as being up there with the best of the genre rather than infamous for being long and huge. There are plenty of delightful and memorable moments and tunes throughout; the work is never cold or austere in its scale, as a few 19th-century symphonies can tend to be. If you break the 72-minute work down into movements and subjects it is actually a ...

Bach-Busoni: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 2

2 reviews
Ferruccio Busoni, Nikolai Demidenko

Hyperion UK, 2002

Wonderful Playing
The real gems of this disk are the Chorale Prelude transcriptions. Demidenko plays these pieces beautifully, especially Durch Adams fall ist ganz verdebt and Jesus Christus Unser Heiland. One can really appreciate the beautiful sound of the Fazioli piano in these pieces in particular. My one reservation about the chorale preludes is 'Watchet Auf'. The only recording I know of that does this ...

Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms: Violin Sonatas

2 reviews
Bela Bartok, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2004

excellent value and performances
Like the other entries in DG's "Collector's Editions", the eight discs come in envelopes and a compact box with a liner note booklet. This box includes all of the Beethoven violin sonatas (3 full discs) Kremer recorded in the late eighties and early nineties. The performances are higly regarded (see Amazon reviews under the individual discs, Penguin and Grammaphon reviews very positive as ...

Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon

3 reviews
Ferruccio Busoni, Frederic Chopin, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2003

Horowitz: A Digital Legacy
This set includes all of the recordings Vladimir Horowitz did for Deutsche Grammophon in the 1980s, including his historical concert in Moscow. While the context of his return in Moscow is moving, the studio recordings are simply wonderful. The sound quality is impeccable. The Steinway piano sounds warm but yet crisp and sharp. Horowitz still has plenty of power, and if you don't have a good ...

Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Selections from the definitive collection [Sampler]

7 reviews
Fryderyk Chopin, Johannes Brahms, ...

Polygram Records Philips, 1998

Unparalled Excellence (Mark G. Davis)
If you only purchase one classical piano cd in your entire life, this one should be it. All the masters, at their very best on it. If you have piano cd's, this should be part of that collection. I purchased one, almost not believing what I read on the jacket. I'm telling my friends about this one, as I'm aware of no other CD having all those piano masters - - at any price?)...

Martha Argerich & Friends Live from the Lugano Festival, 2007

2 reviews
Jorge Bosso, Marc Drobinsky, ...

EMI Classics, 2008

More great chamber music from Lugano, even with an overload of piano duos
Before commenting on the contents of the latest installment of chamber music from the Lugano Festival in Switzerland, here's the detailed playlist: Bartók: Violin Sonata No. 1, Sz 75 Renaud Capuçon (violin) & Martha Argerich (piano) Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 5 in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 'The Ghost' Martha Argerich (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violino) & Mischa Maisky (violoncello) Piano ...

Busoni: Piano Concerto Op. 39

3 reviews
Ferruccio Busoni, Daniell Revenaugh, ...

EMI Classics, 2007

The most gargantuan work dedicated to the noblest of the instruments!
From the first bars of the most extensive and ambitious Piano concerto never written before, the well reminded pianist John Ogdon made (to my mind) his greatest musical achievement with this mercurial score ; on the other hand, the Royal Philharmonic conducted by Daniel Revenaugh made a splendid support all the way through, revealing us the kaleidoscopic facets of this symphony with ...

Horowitz Live and Unedited [includes Bonus DVD]

10 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach, Ferruccio Busoni, ...

Sony, 2003

Insert Here Any Superlative You Can Think Of
For those of you who don't enjoy reading long drawn-out reviews: This is the best CD set I could possibly imagine buying before I bought it. After I bought it, I wept twice in the first listening of just the second disc. The Chopin recordings on this disc are simply legendary, definitive, and indescribably beautiful. Horowitz out-did even himself at this concert. Sure, wow, wrong notes, even in ...

Rare Piano Encores

1 review
Anton Bruckner, Ferruccio Busoni, ...

Hyperion UK, 2004

Wow!~ I love this CD!
There is something about from Richard Wagner's most wonderful "Albumblatt" to Franz Liszt, Anton Bruckner and the others, it's a really relaxing collection of slow piano pieces to unwind to with some brandy and chocolate.

Busoni: Doktor Faust

2 reviews
Ferruccio Busoni, Thomas Hampson

ArtHaus Musik, 2008

An Astonishing Achievement
What an exhausting, numbing, emotional experience watching this DVD was. The production is not without problems, but Hampson's performance more than compensates for anything that might hinder one's enjoyment and appreciation for this reading. This may be the finest work I've seen from him - and knowing his propensity for analyzing works and reading between the lines, Busoni's enigmatic, ...

Horowitz: The Last Romantic

4 reviews
Ferruccio Busoni, Frederic Chopin, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1985

Hear the origins of modern music -
This is a phenomenal CD. First, there is the sound, this recording is crystal clear, the piano is in your listening room with you. The difference between the sound of the new digital recordings and at least some of the older recordings is like day and night. Then there is Horowitz. Before Horowitz, I could not discern the intent of classical music. But with Horowitz, you hear not only the notes ...

Les Introuvables de Alexis Weissenberg

7 reviews
Johannes Brahms, Ferruccio Busoni, ...

Angel Records, 2004

Longing for Schumann
I saw Maestro Weissenberg in concert several times throughout the 70s in New York. Once he played the Rachmanninoff preludes. Another time an all-Schumann program. I once went to hear him with friends at Alice Tully Hall, a small room in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. After the concert we went backstage. He approached me, took my hand and said 'so nice of you to come.' It remains ...

Marc-André Hamelin Live at Wigmore Hall

14 reviews
Charles-Valentin Alkan, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

Hyperion UK, 1995

Truly phenomenal
From track 1 on, it is clear that Hamelin is one of piano music's most meteoric talents ever to blaze the pianistic firmament. He dispatches Beethoven as if driven by the very fires of Hell. Surprising, as elements of wry humour are often a characteristic of this artist. But with that aside, this is a brilliantly successful recital. Hamelin has no equal as an interpreter of Alkan; he ...

Busoni: Piano Concerto, Op. 39

15 reviews
Ferruccio Busoni, Mark Elder, ...

Hyperion UK, 1999

Superb performance !
This gargantuan piano concert demands a first rate pianist , a great conductor and a virtuosi orchestra to work out . In the late seventues I acquired the available version in vynil of the key Ravenaugh Ogdon , skillfully performed . But Hamelin is an extarordinary and best gifted pianist who matchs with Ogdon in musicality and technician equipment . And even the rapport with the orchestra does ...

Horizons - Leif Ove Andsnes

6 reviews
Isaac Albeniz, George Antheil, ...

EMI Classics, 2006

SHORT, SWEET AND LOVELY
According to the notes in this release the selections contained therein are a personal collection of piano encores selected and wonderfully played by pianist Leif Ove Andsnes. Indeed it is a rich and full recording (close to 70 minutes in length) of short (each averaging about 3 ½ minutes in length) piano works composed by (or arranged) composers such as Jean Sibelius, Felix Mendelssohn, ...

Horowitz: Discovered Treasures

3 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach, Ferruccio Busoni, ...

Sony, 1992

"New" Horowitz at his Best
The material for this album was recorded from 1962-1972, but not released until 1992. Horowitz was a perfectionist when it came to programming albums and recitals, and generally recorded more than was needed for an album--this is the extra material. The performances are uniformly outstanding. The CD starts with six Scarlatti Sonatas which are performed with Horowitz's usual clarity, ...

The Art of Alicia de Larrocha

2 reviews
Isaac Albeniz, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Decca, 2003

A feast for piano lovers!
Alicia de Larrocha has always been one of my very favorite pianists, and while I was a student during the 1970s and early 1980s I eagerly snatched up each of her recordings as soon it arrived on the shelves. In the long twilight of her illustrious career, Se?ora de Larrocha has tended to concentrate on playing Mozart concertos and sonatas in public, music which demonstrates her sterling ...

Busoni: Transcriptions For Piano After J. S. Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach, Ferruccio Busoni, ...

Tudor, 2007

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